U.S. AIR FORCE NEWS

  • Djiboutians delight in the sounds of 'Hot Brass'

    The U.S. Central Command Air Forces Expeditionary Band "Hot Brass" played for nearly 100 Djiboutians Dec. 6 at a community development center in Douda, Djibouti. The Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa in Djibouti was the Airmen's first stop on their tour of the U.S. Central Command area of

  • Keesler couple earns 2007 O'Malley award

    The former Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., commander and his wife, who led the base's recovery efforts the two years following Hurricane Katrina, recently won the 2007 Gen. and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award. Brig. Gen. Paul Capasso and his wife, Laura, received the award that recognizes the wing

  • Holiday generosity in motion for wounded warriors

    Strong and steady waves of donations are arriving daily at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.The wave of gifts and cards will usually crest toward the end of December, but chaplains, their assistants and a dedicated core of volunteers will be kept busy until January spreading the holiday cheer

  • Services meet November recruiting goals

    All military components met their recruiting goals in November, Defense Department officials said here Dec. 10. It was the sixth month in a row that all services made their recruiting goals, officials said. The military is recruiting in a difficult environment, defense officials said. Only three out

  • Astronaut applications available for May board

    Active duty Air Force Airmen have the opportunity to compete for pilot and mission specialist crew positions with the nation's space program through the Air Force Astronaut nomination program. Air Force nominees will compete with representatives from the other services for the chance to become an

  • Lieutenant's oversight mission vital to Air Force testing

    In his duties as the air propulsion test project manager at the Arnold Engineering Development Center here 1st Lt. Josh Frederik plays a key part in numerous multimillion dollar projects."You're dealing with these big numbers and as the representative on the government side you need to be a good

  • Key maintenance, logistics functions realign

    The alignment of fighter and combat search and rescue aircraft maintenance units under flying squadrons was announced by the Air Force chief of the staff  Dec. 7 here. Between July and November 2008, AMUs supporting fighter and CSAR flying squadrons will realign within those squadrons, Gen. T.

  • Basketball: Air Force falls at Wisconsin, 74-60

    Senior Alecia Steele led the Falcons with 14 points and eight rebounds, but the U.S. Air Force Academy women's basketball team fell to Wisconsin 74-60 Dec. 9 at the Kohl Center here. Pamela Findlay and Brooke Cultra joined Steele in double-figure scoring for Air Force, as Findlay scored 13 points

  • Portal IM service allows Airmen, friends, family to connect

    Friends and family members can keep in touch with Airmen anywhere in the world through an instant messaging program available through the Air Force Portal. Every Airman is permitted up to five guest users through the Friends and Family Instant Messaging service, which works "24 hours a day, seven

  • Hockey: Air Force, Canisus skate to 3-3 overtime tie

    For the second straight night, the U.S. Air Force Academy and Canisius College skated to a 3-3 overtime tie in an Atlantic Hockey Association game Dec. 8 at the Cadet Ice Arena here. After back-to-back ties, Air Force enters the holiday break with a record of 9-4-3 overall and a 7-4-3 mark in the